Andrew

Tutor profile - Andrew

Andrew

History, Philosophy, Politics, RE, Sociology & Theory of Knowledge

Like all our tutors, Andrew is a qualified teacher Like all our tutors, Andrew holds a degree from a top University Like all our tutors, Andrew holds a full, clean criminal records checkAndrew holds a Masters degreeAndrew either works or has worked as an examiner for an exam boardAndrew holds a degree from a Russell Group University
Andrew provided outstanding Politics A Level tutoring to 2 students at our Sixth Form. He went above and beyond the contact hours of his role and would maintain strong contact with students and parents to ensure that they were kept on track. He really cares about his students. Andrew has fantastic subject knowledge and both students remained engaged for long periods of time due to Andrews approach and skills. These two students have previously found engagement difficult.

School representative for 2 Politics A-Level students

Andrew's biography

Andrew is a teacher and examiner with nearly two decades of experience supporting students with Common Entrance, Philosophy, Religious Studies and Politics examinations and other humanities subjects. A well respected specialist, Andrew has worked with Ofqual, the exams regulator, as a subject expert for a number of years. A popular tutor, he is able to blend skill development, knowledge acquisition and analysis into his tutorials by linking the theoretical with practical experiences.

Andrew endeavors to create a productive and engaging learning environment where students are comfortable asking for help and feel reassured. This has had good results with a number of tutees gaining 2 grade improvements and 80% achieving an A* or their target grade. This emphasises Andrew’s key specialism as an exam specialist, able to break down complex assessment mark schemes and communicate what a student needs to do in practical terms. It is also evident in his successful guide to exam writing, “How to write an Essay and get a Top Mark”.

Andrew also provides tailored support to Common Entrance candidates (13 plus) in the humanities. His most recent Harrow candidate who was tutored by Andrew achieved the highest mark for History and second highest for Philosophy and Ethics. Andrew can provide tailored Common Entrance support across the humanities as well as interview preparation.

An experienced teacher and tutor for the International Baccalaureate, Andrew can provide support with Philosophy and Theory of Knowledge assessments and presentation support. Having taught at the best rated IB school in the world, Andrew can be considered an authority on the requirements needed to progress across a range of subjects.
Due to the amount of work he has undertaken with students that intend to go to university, he is also well placed to advise on the UCAS process and review UCAS statements.

Although Andrew is well established as a classroom teacher and tutor, he has also enjoyed working on education policy. He helped develop the SEN Code of Practice when working for the then Secretary of State for Education. This passion for education, across multiple levels, is conveyed through well structured and planned online lessons, using a range of software.



IB Experience

Andrew worked for a year as a specialist technology teacher at Auckland Normal Intermediate, one of the most respected IB schools in the world. He has worked with a number of IB students at all levels, projects included. His last IB Philosophy student got a 7 out of 7.

Andrew's availability

All times are displayed in UK time.

Some day time slots on Tuesday, Wednesday, 1pm Friday and possibly some Saturday morning slots.

School entrance experience

Andrew has worked with children aiming to attend the following schools:

Andrew has helped many students with entrance to highly prestigious and competitive schools such as Westminster and D'Overbroek's school in Oxford amongst others, as well as Cambridge Uni applications and two successful Harrow Scholarship entries.

Owl Tutors school entrance training

Andrew has successfully completed the Owl Tutors training course in 11 Plus exam preparation. This means they have a thorough understanding of the structure, content and demands of these exams and are qualified to prepare students. Training is delivered by Holly, a highly experienced school entrance tutor and member of the Owl Tutors team.

Andrew's qualifications

Andrew qualified to teach Religious Education in 2009, and holds a PGCE in RE from The Institute of Education.

University name Name of degree Year of graduation
The University of Manchester MA (Econ) in Political Science 2003
The University of Sussex BA (Hons) Politics 2001

Subjects tutored:

History (KS3, GCSE AQA, GCSE Edexcel, GCSE OCR, IGCSE, A Level AQA, A Level Cambridge International, A Level Edexcel, A Level OCR, Pre-U, IB Standard Level, IB Higher Level, IB MYP, Advanced Placement and Undergraduate)

Philosophy (GCSE AQA, GCSE Edexcel, GCSE OCR, IGCSE, A Level AQA, A Level Cambridge International, A Level Edexcel, A Level OCR, Pre-U, IB Standard Level, IB Higher Level, IB MYP, Advanced Placement and Undergraduate)

Politics (GCSE AQA, GCSE Edexcel, GCSE OCR, IGCSE, A Level AQA, A Level Cambridge International, A Level Edexcel, A Level OCR, Pre-U, IB Standard Level, IB Higher Level, IB MYP, Advanced Placement and Undergraduate)

RE (GCSE AQA, GCSE Edexcel, GCSE OCR, IGCSE, A Level AQA, A Level Cambridge International, A Level Edexcel, A Level OCR, Pre-U, IB Standard Level, IB MYP, Advanced Placement and Undergraduate)

Sociology (GCSE AQA, GCSE Edexcel, GCSE OCR, IGCSE, A Level AQA, A Level Cambridge International, A Level Edexcel, A Level OCR, Pre-U, IB Standard Level, IB Higher Level, Advanced Placement and Undergraduate)

Theory of Knowledge

Here's where Andrew can teach

London

  • Mayfair (W1Y)
  • Mayfair (W1X)
  • Soho, Piccadilly (W1V)
  • Oxford Street, Regent Street (W1R)
  • Goodge Street, Warren Street (W1P)
  • Regents Park, Oxford Circus (W1N)
  • Marylebone (W1M)
  • Westminster

  • Great Portland Street, Fitzrovia (W1W)
  • Marylebone (W1U)
  • Hanover Square, Savile Row (W1S)
  • Mayfair (north), Grosvenor Square (W1K)
  • Mayfair (south), Piccadilly, Royal Academy (W1J)
  • Marylebone (W1H)
  • Harley Street (W1G)
  • Soho (north west) (W1F)
  • Soho (south east), Chinatown, Soho Square (W1D)
  • Portland Street, Regent Street (W1B)
  • Paddington, Bayswater, Hyde Park, Westbourne Green, Little Venice, Westbourne Green, Notting Hill (W2)
  • Maida Vale, Little Venice (W9)
  • Camden

  • Fitzrovia, Tottenham Court Road (W1T)
  • Highgate, Hampstead Heath (N6)
  • Euston, Camden Town, Somers Town, Primrose Hill, Gospel Oak, Lisson Grove (NW1)
  • Hampstead, Chalk Farm, Primrose Hill, Swiss Cottage, Belsize Park, Gospel Oak, Frognal, Childs Hill (NW3)
  • Kentish Town, Tufnell Park, Dartmouth Park, Gospel Oak (NW5)
  • St John’s Wood, Primrose Hill, Lisson Grove (NW8)
  • Ealing

  • Acton, East Acton, Park Royal, West Acton (W3)
  • Ealing, Park Royal (W5)
  • Hanwell, Boston Manor (W7)
  • West Ealing, Northfields (W13)
  • Hounslow

  • Chiswick, Gunnersbury, Turnham Green, Bedford Park (W4)
  • Hammersmith and Fulham

  • Hammersmith, Ravenscourt Park (W6)
  • Shepherds Bush, White City (W12)
  • Fulham, Parson’s Green (SW6)
  • Kensington and Chelsea

  • Kensington, Holland Park (W8)
  • North Kensington, Queens Park (W10)
  • Notting Hill, Holland Park (W11)
  • West Kensington, Kensington Olympia, Holland Park (W14)
  • Chelsea, Brompton, Knightsbridge (SW3)
  • Earl’s Court (SW5)
  • South Kensington, Knightsbridge (SW7)
  • West Brompton, Chelsea (SW10)
  • Lambeth

  • Brixton, Brixton Hill, Streatham Hill, Tulse Hill, Clapham Park, Balham (SW2)
  • Clapham, Stockwell (SW4)
  • South Lambeth, Vauxhall, Battersea, Clapham, Stockwell (SW8)
  • Stockwell, Brixton, Clapham (SW9)
  • Streatham, Norbury, Thornton Heath, Streatham Park, Furzedown, Streatham Vale, Pollards Hill (SW16)
  • Camberwell, Denmark Hill, Southampton Way Estate, Peckham (SE5)
  • Kennington, Vauxhall (SE11)
  • Dulwich, Dulwich Village, West Dulwich, Tulse Hill, Sydenham Hill (SE21)
  • Herne Hill, Tulse Hill (SE24)
  • West Norwood, Gipsy Hill, Norwood (SE27)
  • Wandsworth

  • Battersea, Clapham Junction (SW11)
  • Balham, Clapham South, Hyde Farm (SW12)
  • Putney, Roehampton University (SW15)
  • Tooting, Mitcham (SW17)
  • Wandsworth, Southfields, Earlsfield (SW18)
  • Richmond upon Thames

  • Barnes, Castelnau (SW13)
  • Mortlake, East Sheen (SW14)
  • Merton

  • Wimbledon, Colliers Wood, Southfields (SW19)
  • Merton Park, Raynes Park (SW20)
  • Southwark

  • Bankside, South Bank, Southwark, Bermondsey, Vauxhall (SE1)
  • Rotherhithe, Bermondsey, Surrey Quays (SE16)
  • Walworth, Newington (SE17)
  • East Dulwich, Peckham Rye, Loughborough Junction, Herne Hill (SE22)
  • Greenwich

  • Abbey Wood, West Heath, Crossness, Thamesmead (SE2)
  • Blackheath, Kidbrooke, Westcombe Park (SE3)
  • Charlton (SE7)
  • Eltham, Mottingham, New Eltham, Falconwood, Chinbrook, Longlands, Kidbrooke (SE9)
  • Greenwich, Maze Hill, Greenwich Peninsula (SE10)
  • Plumstead, Woolwich (SE18)
  • Thamesmead (SE28)
  • Lewisham

  • Brockley, Crofton Park, Western Ladywell, Honor Oak (SE4)
  • Bellingham, Catford, Hither Green (SE6)
  • Deptford, Evelyn (SE8)
  • Lee, Grove Park, Chinbrook, Hither Green, Eltham, Horn Park, Blackheath (SE12)
  • Lewisham, Hither Green, Ladywell (SE13)
  • New Cross, New Cross Gate (SE14)
  • Nunhead, Peckham (SE15)
  • Forest Hill, Honor Oak, Crofton Park (SE23)
  • Croydon

  • Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace, Crown Point, Norwood (SE19)
  • South Norwood, Selhurst (SE25)
  • Bromley

  • Anerley, Crystal Palace, Penge, Beckenham (SE20)
  • Sydenham, Crystal Palace (SE26)
  • Tower Hamlets

  • Aldgate, Bishopsgate, Whitechapel, Shoreditch, Spitalfields, Shadwell, Stepney, Mile End, Portsoken (E1)
  • Bethnal Green, Haggerston, Shoreditch, Cambridge Heath (E2)
  • Bow, Bromley-by-Bow, Old Ford, Mile End, Three Mills, London Gas Museum (E3)
  • Poplar, Isle of Dogs, Limehouse, Canary Wharf, Blackwall, Cubitt Town (E14)
  • Waltham Forest

  • Chingford, Sewardstone, Highams Park (E4)
  • Leytonstone, Wanstead, Aldersbrook, Snaresbrook, Cann Hall (E11)
  • Walthamstow, Upper Walthamstow (E17)
  • Hackney

  • Upper Clapton, Lower Clapton, Leyton, Stoke Newington (E5)
  • Hackney Central, Dalston, London Fields (E8)
  • Homerton, Hackney Wick, South Hackney, Hackney Marshes, Victoria Park (E9)
  • Leyton, Temple Mills, Hackney Marshes, Upper Clapton, Walthamstow Marshes (E10)
  • Barnsbury, Canonbury, Kings Cross, Islington, Pentonville, De Beauvoir Town, Hoxton (N1)
  • Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill, Shacklewell, Dalston, Newington Green (N16)
  • Newham

  • East Ham, Beckton, Upton Park, Barking (E6)
  • Forest Gate, Stratford (E7)
  • Manor Park, Little Ilford, Aldersbrook (E12)
  • Plaistow, West Ham, Upton Park (E13)
  • Stratford, West Ham, Maryland, Leyton, Leytonstone, Temple Mills, Hackney Wick, Bow (E15)
  • Silvertown, North Woolwich, Canning Town, Custom House, London City Airport (E16)
  • Olympic Park, Stratford (E20)
  • Redbridge

  • Woodford, South Woodford (E18)
  • Barnet

  • East Finchley, Fortis Green, Hampstead Garden Suburb (N2)
  • Finchley, Church End, Finchley Central (N3)
  • North Finchley, Woodside Park (N12)
  • Whetstone, Totteridge, Oakleigh Park (N20)
  • Cricklewood, Willesden, Neasden, Dollis Hill, Childs Hill (NW2)
  • Brent Cross, Hendon (NW4)
  • Mill Hill, Arkley (NW7)
  • The Hyde, Colindale, Kingsbury, Queensbury, West Hendon (NW9)
  • Golders Green, Hampstead Garden Suburb (NW11)
  • Haringey

  • Finsbury Park, Manor House, Harringay, Stroud Green (N4)
  • Hornsey, Crouch End, Harringay (N8)
  • Muswell Hill (N10)
  • West Green, Seven Sisters, Duckett’s Green (N15)
  • Tottenham, South Tottenham (N17)
  • Wood Green, Bounds Green, Bowes Park (N22)
  • Islington

  • Highbury, Highbury Fields (N5)
  • Holloway, Barnsbury, Islington, Tufnell Park (N7)
  • Upper Holloway, Archway, Tufnell Park, Hornsey (N19)
  • Enfield

  • Lower Edmonton, Edmonton (N9)
  • New Southgate, Friern Barnet, Bounds Green, Arnos Grove (N11)
  • Palmers Green (N13)
  • Southgate, Oakwood, Arnos Grove (N14)
  • Upper Edmonton, Edmonton (N18)
  • Winchmore Hill, Bush Hill, Grange Park (N21)
  • Brent

  • Kilburn, Brondesbury, West Hampstead, Queen’s Park (NW6)
  • Willesden, Acton, Harlesden, Kensal Green, Neasden, Old Oak Common, Park Royal, Stonebridge, Brent Park (NW10)